Active Reading Strong Readers: -Create a picture in their minds as they read. Using the writer’s descriptions and ideas, good readers create a movie inside their head, seeing the characters and their settings.
-Pause every 5 – 10 pages and summarize aloud to themselves what they just read. What were the important events? What if anything did I learn about a character or theme? If the they are lost or confused, they will go back and reread.
-Recognize when they are confused, surprised or lost in the plot and mark the area so they can find answers later.
-Constantly question. Why did this just happen? How did the character come to this decision? Do I understand what just occurred?
-Understand there is no wrong answer, idea, question, or connection when reading. The only way to incorrectly read is to passively read.
Active Reading Evidence: -Put a box around words that you do not recognize or that are being used in a new or interesting way.
-Put a large ? in the margins when you come across something that confuses you, makes you wonder or surprises you, or when you find you are just lost.
-Put []around a sentence or sentences that you think are written in a really cool way and show off the writer’s talent.
-Put TS in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of yourself. TS stands for “Text to Self.”
-Put TW in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of the world. This can be an event, issue, global concern, etc. TW stands for “Text to World.”
-Put TT in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of another book you have read. TT stands for “Text to Text.”
-Highlight only lines, passages, sentences, sections that relate to the theme(s) or big idea(s) you are looking for.
-At the end of each chapter, either in the book or on a sticky note, list the 3 – 4 main events, ideas, and / or characters that you need to remember from that chapter.
Strong Readers:
- Create a picture in their minds as they read. Using the writer’s descriptions and ideas, good readers create a movie inside their head, seeing the characters and their settings.
- Pause every 5 – 10 pages and summarize aloud to themselves what they just read. What were the important events? What if anything did I learn about a character or theme? If the they are lost or confused, they will go back and reread.
- Recognize when they are confused, surprised or lost in the plot and mark the area so they can find answers later.
- Constantly question. Why did this just happen? How did the character come to this decision? Do I understand what just occurred?
- Understand there is no wrong answer, idea, question, or connection when reading. The only way to incorrectly read is to passively read.
Active Reading Evidence:
- Put a box around words that you do not recognize or that are being used in a new or interesting way.
- Put a large ? in the margins when you come across something that confuses you, makes you wonder or surprises you, or when you find you are just lost.
- Put [ ] around a sentence or sentences that you think are written in a really cool way and show off the writer’s talent.
- Put TS in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of yourself. TS stands for “Text to Self.”
- Put TW in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of the world. This can be an event, issue, global concern, etc. TW stands for “Text to World.”
- Put TT in the margins when you come across a passage, idea, line, event, etc. that somehow reminds you of another book you have read. TT stands for “Text to Text.”
- Highlight only lines, passages, sentences, sections that relate to the theme(s) or big idea(s) you are looking for.
- At the end of each chapter, either in the book or on a sticky note, list the 3 – 4 main events, ideas, and / or characters that you need to remember from that chapter.